Short Second Best Poems

second best turned out
to be my first. i'm as
happy as mint tea....

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Unexpected gift 
leads to life of hard lessons 
being second best...

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moon's sperr is brighter 
stars won't become second best 
darkness is the judge...

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The kismet
From sea to ocean
Has been you denied 
No giant breaker be 
But settle 
For the second best
A ripple on 
A summer lake...

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The man who came out second-best
Was forever puffing his chest
So Eve let him know,
"Before you can crow,
It takes plumes to feather a nest!"...

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Blue book
Wasted four pages
To give an answer
Worth one word
And in exchange,
I got a letter
Second best
Comes after first
When all I should
Have said was
Love...

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It is all in your hands
Get at it and be great
Do not settle for second best 
Take those steps and elevate
You can climb that mountain
Give yourself a chance 
Reach for further heights
Go through that big dance...

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One
Eventually
Becomes two

After first
I became
the same
you know who

First must 
have fell
I came running
when you yelled

You told me
number two
resembled first
took me a second
then I realized
second was worse...

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Rise up and earn the victory
Do not settle for second best
You have come to far
Always motivated to strive for excellence
Continue to reach for the stars
Put yourself in the position to aspire
Walk along the golden path
Always reach higher...

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i look up on this early morn
and see its smile shining down
reflecting only greater glows
of the one who wears the crown
oh moon, you are not second best
for you illuminate the night
and you have pull on other things
it's inner strength thats shining bright...

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It's second nature for you to think,
That all your gifts and strengths,
Are second best or just so-so,
Nothing special at length,

But you are awesome, you're one of a kind.
There's no one just like you.
Search the world over but you'll never find,
Another just like you.

...

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Sometimes, on nights like these,
  when my pen gasps for lack of ink
    and the house settles for second best, 
      the only thought that keeps me sane is the possibility
        that the same stars who stand solitary beside my window
          illuminate the laughter in your eyes....

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"Best day ever!"  I had a habit of sayin'
After another day of plentiful playin'
Then came the dawn.
This here day's gone!
Tomorrow's the best 'cause this'n ain't stayin'

~

Today can only be the best
Until it takes a nighttime rest
Tomorrow's task
For all.   To bask
In the shadow of a new day's breast...

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You said you loved me
But behind your eyes
I saw another 

Your lips told me
I was secondhand shopping
And I was but - second best

I could never own your words
For their value fell short
Of my heart

© Brenda V Northeast   14th January 2012

For Dana'lynn Smith   The Secondhand emotion contest
deadline Wed. 29th / 2/ 2012...

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Today I’m grateful for trees who have been around for ages
And today I’m also grateful for what wisdom of the sages…

The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago…
that’s what the sages say
But if we didn’t plant one 20 years ago…no worries.
The sages remind us 
second best time to plant a tree…
why…that would be today.

...

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The vampires are thirsty, the ghouls want to eat,
Season of famine and drought,
No more red-veined virgins, no graveyards of meat,
Food and drink, have all run out.

The priests have placed crosses on every girl’s breast,
The tombs are all guarded at night,
So vampires and ghouls must take second best:
They lunge at each other, and bite....

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I've been here before,
Being the last to know,
The first to be left,
The last he would,
Come back to,
Never realizing I am
Only second best.
I'd always wonder
Is he breaking up
With her today?
That's the price I pay
For being second best.
I cry in despair
And in hopes that
My broken heart will mend.
In hopes of never being,
Second best again!...

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She’s been here before
Being the last to know
The first to be left
The last he would know
Come back to.
Never realizing she was
Second best.


She’d always wonder:
Is he breaking up
with her today?
That’s the price you pay
For being second best.


She cries in despair
and hopes that
her broken heart will mend
If she hopes of never being
Second best again....

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his baby daughter
tossed aside like a rag doll
dad wanted a son

my mother told him
that I was ‘the next best thing’
at least she loved me!

always second best
but useful with garden chores
I can milk a goat!

unwanted... unloved
no father daughter closeness
I do not miss him

since he passed away
I have flourished with my words
but I’ll never grieve...

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My greatest failure was that 
I never had enough of them 
I chose the last seat 
The second best 
Tried hard 
But never harder 
I flew with my wings 
Close to ground 
Safe in the knowledge 
That the fall will never hurt 
Never really understanding 
The beauty of the sun 
The blaze of risking 
All that I had
 So that the weak bones of mine 
Could burn away 
with the ability to shine...

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FaceTime's not replace-time 
But I'd say it's second best
For connecting with your loved ones
Gives those missing-yous a rest.

You can see them, you can hear them
And, although you cannot touch,
You feel like you're right beside them 
And I like that, oh so much.

In these modern times, a distance,
Even that of many miles,
Can be narrowed using FaceTime,
Bringing happiness and smiles....

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Of all the deeds I've done
And all the things I've caused
All and all after all
I'm sure the Lord is smiling
In His eye I've never been second best
All and all after all
In His heart I'm sure  the Lord is smiling
I stopped turn around and heeded His call
His love for me is overall, overall
Every time He's ready to hear
All and all after all

11/30/17
written words by James Edward Lee Sr....

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A few moments together
The presence forgotten
The lies and deceptions
Pouring their shots in

I like to turn on time
Write a rhyme
Being careful of stolen ecstasy
It’s price higher than infidelity

But you pushed me away
And now all I’ve got is second best
I won’t even stay
Despite the ache inside my chest

I’m lost and outdriven
Like a son without a father
I miss all I can’t see
I’m lost without Carlota...

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Eyes upon I cannot take off
Whispers of love sing to my ears
Sent of enticement I cannot resist
With lips so tasteful honey is second best
A touch so soft as a gentle cloud
A mind that wonders through mine

A soul reaching that I will catch
Blending them together as one
Life would be empty and very cold
If you don’t caress my soul
Without you my soul is lost, searching

Never finding your Love...

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What Does It All Mean
Written: by Tom Wright
3/24/03

If life were a game and not a journey,
would diversion toward both be same?
If at ending awaited still, death's gurney,
and cretinous rules, that made the game.

Would scrutiny reveal an abeyant tear,
because flow of game so quickly ended.
Or should concern be placed in the fear,
of second best, in hell, being suspended.
...

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